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Paralepetopsis sasakii

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Paralepetopsis sasakii
Shell of Paralepetopsis sasakii (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Patellogastropoda
Family: Neolepetopsidae
Genus: Paralepetopsis
Species:
P. sasakii
Binomial name
Paralepetopsis sasakii
Warén & Bouchet, 2009[1]

Paralepetopsis sasakii is a species of sea snail, a true limpet, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Neolepetopsidae, one of the families of true limpets.[2]

The specific name sasakii is in honor of Takenori Sasaki,[citation needed] the malacologist from the University Museum, the University of Tokyo.[3]

Description

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Distribution

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This small impet occurs at methane seeps in deep water off the Congo River.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Warén A. & Bouchet P. (2009). "New gastropods from deep-sea hydrocarbon seeps off West Africa". Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 56(23): 2326–2349. doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2009.04.013
  2. ^ Paralepetopsis sasakii Warén & Bouchet, 2009. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 April 2010.
  3. ^ (last change 19 January 2006) "The Present and Future of the University Museum". The University Museum, the University of Tokyo, accessed 10 April 2010.